Post War & Contemporary Art 
24 September 2024
Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Saul Steinberg 1914–1999

Pont Royal Table

1981
mixed media on wood panel 23¼ h × 31¼ w × 2⅝ d in (59 × 79 × 7 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $8,820
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Signed and dated to lower edge ‘Steinberg 1981’.
provenance: Waddington Galleries, London | Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach | Acquired from the previous in 1988, Private Collection | Sotheby's, Contemporary Day Auction, 20 May 2022, Lot 219 | Private Collection

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I think it is very important for people to run away [...] from home, from the mainstream, from their family, from the culture, from the society that produced them [...] because the moment I have to learn something new, like new habits, new languages, I myself have something like a rebirth. I reduce myself to the lowest denominator and this is very healthy for an artist. To start all over again.

Saul Steinberg

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